Quebec welcomed its first bouncing baby of the New Year just two minutes past the stroke of midnight.
Mariella was born at 12:02 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the birthing centre of the Royal Victoria Hospital at the Glen site in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
Mariella’s parents, Resi Olimpia Lachaine and Martin Lachaine of Montreal, donated their girl’s umbilical cord blood.
The stem cells found in the cord blood will be used to develop a new transplant technique that may save the lives of adults suffering from leukemia or lymphoma, according to the MUHC.
Widecells Group PLC (LON:WDC) are leading a transformation in cord blood banking and stem cell treatment; making cord blood banking more accessible through insurance coverage, and increasing the availability of cord blood for transplants.